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December 21, 2024

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays from The Family History Guide Association

The Management Team of The Family History Guide would like to take this opportunity to wish you and your family and friends a safe and happy holiday season. We are grateful for your ongoing support for and interest in family history, and the work you do connect generations together. There is much today that may be worrisome to many of...

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December 21, 2024

Inside the Guide: Ireland

Here’s another addition to our Inside the Guide playlist: Ireland Sites and Databases. Each Inside the Guide video will highlight websites and databases featured in country pages of The Family History Guide. The videos do not have live links to the sites and databases, but they are easy to find in the Goals and Choices of The Family History Guide....

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December 14, 2024

New: Inside the Guide Video Series

Our YouTube Channel currently has over 250 videos on a wide variety of family history topics. We are now adding a new playlist with a series of upcoming videos: Inside the Guide. Each Inside the Guide video will highlight websites and databases featured in country pages of The Family History Guide. The videos do not have live links to the...

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December 14, 2024

5-Minute Family History Activities for Everyone

You have to admit – activities can be a fun and meaningful way for anyone to get involved in family history, from seniors to kids. One of the challenges that sometimes comes up is time: preparation time for activities, and a shorter duration. Many of the over 200 family history activities in The Family History Guide need little preparation, and...

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December 7, 2024

The RootsTech Booth 2025 for The Family History Guide Association

RootsTech 2025 is shaping up to be a super event next March, and The Family History Guide Association will be back again in the Exhibit Hall of the Salt Palace. Our booth space this year is our largest ever, and we’ll have website demos, classes, giveaways and games through the course of RootsTech. The map below shows our location in...

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December 7, 2024

70+ Family History Tasks, with FamilySearch & The Family History Guide

When we think about what an individual’s part of FamilySearch Family Tree may look like, there’s a wide range of possibilities. Some people are just starting to build their tree information, while others have extensive pedigrees that go back many generations on many lines. And of course, there are lots of variations in between for countless other users. So if...

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November 30, 2024

Salt Lake City HQ Mission Training Zone and The Family History Guide

On December 9 Bob Ives and Bob Taylor will present an hour-long training session on The Family History Guide for the Missionary Development Team (Utah Salt Lake City Headquarters Mission), for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. This team is comprised of family history missionaries who serve for a year, helping others with their family history and doing...

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November 24, 2024

Update to “The Inside Story” video

A few years ago we produced a YouTube video that outlined the story of The Family History Guide, including its beginnings and progress through 2022. We have recently updated the video, changing some slides for personnel and adding exciting new updates to the content. The sections of the video are: A Simple Idea The Idea Evolves Opening Doors People Power...

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November 24, 2024

Gratitude: What Matters Most

A few days ago I received an email from Aimee Cross, a friend and fellow genealogist (The Family History Guide has quite a few links to videos on her popular YouTube channel). Aimee lives in my home town—Camarillo, California—and part of that city had been devastated by the recent Mountain Fire, which burned over 50,000 acres and destroyed over 100...

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November 18, 2024

Check Out the RootsTech 2025 Speakers

One of the great perks of RootsTech each year is getting to hear – or even meet – world class genealogists. RootsTech 2025 is no exception, with over 100 industry expert speakers set to enlighten us on a side variety of family history topics. Below is a quick list of the RootsTech speakers, and you can view the full list...

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